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Decrease in water runoff from the Swiss Alps
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Aug 25, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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water cycle,
hydropower,
renewable energy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A new study analyses the impact of a potential climate change on hydrological discharge regimes from the Swiss Alpine region for the period between 2020 and 2050. Eleven catchment areas with different glaciation rates and altitude ranges were examined.
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Effects of climate change on water resources and watercourses (Summary)
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
water consumption, water supply
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Effects of climate change on the alpine and nival vegetation of the Alps
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:13 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
plant ecology,
ecology,
research, science
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Energy supplies at risk from shrinking glaciers
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zopemaster
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Apr 30, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
The shrinkage of the Mer de Glace in the French Alps is having a tangible impact on the use of hydropower.
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EU measures on climate change
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zopemaster
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Sep 11, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
environmental education
When the time comes for the new European Commission to take office in 2009, it is possible that the EU will appoint a Commissioner for Climate Change, according to the environmental news service ENDS Europe Daily.
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Europe's changing climate and the hot summer of 2003
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zopemaster
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Aug 26, 2004
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
Europe's climate has changed considerably over the past one hundred years, and the impact of that change is visible in many areas. An extensive study in English by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that Alpine glaciers for instance have lost more than half their ice mass.
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Even high-elevation Himalayan glaciers are melting
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zopemaster
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Jan 15, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Glacier studies by an international team led by Natalie Kehrwald of Ohio State University show that even high-elevation glaciers are suffering from the effect of climate change.
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Extreme Weather: does nature keep up ?
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Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
threats to nature and landscape,
nature
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Extremes of climate affect spread of tree species
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zopemaster
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Nov 24, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
nature monitoring,
nature
In a recently published study scientists at the WSL (the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape) working with an international research team demonstrated for the first time that the disappearance of tree species in certain regions is due not just to the higher mean temperature but also to extremes of climate-related events.
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Final report for RTD-project "ALP-IMP"
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Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM
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filed under:
climate change past and future,
climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
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